Upside-down display of American flag stirs dispute (Rats get same respect as they gave Bush)

wfaa DFW ^ | 11/10/2008 | DARLA MILES

[tobyhill]

ARLINGTON - An American flag and the way it has been displayed is at the center of a dispute between neighbors that began after the 2008 presidential election.

Ever since 9/11, Arlington neighbors Patrick O'Toole and Sharon Garner both flew the American flag patriotically in front of their homes, until now.

In protest to the election results, O'Toole now flies a black flag above an upside down American flag.

"I just don't think it's American," said Garner. "I just don't think it's neighborly. We have children that live in our neighborhood and I'm sure their parents have to explain to them why that flag is hanging like that."

The flag is something Garner holds close to her heart. In fact, the American flag is painted on Garner's birdhouse and bench.

[Dahoser]

I flew my flag upside down the day that Bill Clinton sent the storm troopers for Elian Gonzalez.

The election of Chairman Hussein is equally as bad an event.

[Afronaut]

Acting like a Liberal is not something that I would want to be doing with my life.

[raybbr]

"The election is over," she said. "It's happened and we need to come together like we did in 9/11 and support each other and deal with it."

There's more truth to that statement then I bet she realizes.

[DooDahhhh]

Go come together with yourself.. Ain’t happening here.

[ClearCase_guy]

My brother is a moonbat. I was talking to him last night and he mentioned that, in his opinion, the country should pull into line behind Obama, I mean, he is everybody's president, you know? We need a unified country, what with the economic troubles, and wars in a number of countries. Obama is asking for personal responsibility and some self-sacrifice and that's the right thing, we should really heed the call and follow his leadership.

I pointed out that the Democrats did nothing like this for the past 8 years, and if Bush had called for self-sacrifice, the media would have portrayed the whole thing as a Grapes of Wrath/Great Depression why-are-we-suffering-under-this-moron kind of thing.

My brother thought about this and said, "Well, yeah, maybe we were a little unfair -- but that doesn't mean we shouldn't all pull together now!"

Democrats don't show respect, they just demand respect.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

... but... but... but I thought "the highest form patriotism [was] dissent" -- ?!?

[battlecry]

I did the same thing!

[tobyhill]

To protest something is not acting like a Liberal, it's a Constitutional right. Libs burn the flag which in a symbol of hatred for this country where at least this man has a valid point.

[mad_as_he$$]

"Liberalism is a mental disease."

"If Barack Obama is the answer, what the hell is the question?"

Rush Limbaugh.

[DemonDeac]

Flying the flag upside down is wrong regardless of the circumstances. That person should be ashamed.

[randita]

Play him the chip of Hillary screeching that we have a right to debate and claiming it was patriotic to do so.

[WildcatClan]

Do something that shows you don’t like Obama but do not hang the flag upside down. Most people have no idea what it means and it will appear that you are anti-American.

[BallyBill]

Acting like a Liberal is not something that I would want to be doing with my life.

You could not have said it any better. Sounds like a motto for our times.

[tobyhill]

Really? Last I checked it's a sign of distress.

[CanadianMusherinMI]

“I just don’t think it’s American,” said Garner. “I just don’t think it’s neighborly. We have children that live in our neighborhood and I’m sure their parents have to explain to them why that flag is hanging like that.”

wow. this is offensive to a liberal? but stomping on it, dancing on it, and burning it are OK? how do they explain that to their children?

[caseinpoint]

When the Dems are in ascendency, they always call for unity and characterize those who don’t unify as unpatriotic (or worse: now it will be considered racist). But talk of unity is absent from Dems when Republicans are in power, then dissent is the highest form of citizenship. It is heads I win, tails you lose.

[truthkeeper]

I read the comments at the end of the article...seems the liberals are now upset.
Aren't these the same people who say it's just ducky to BURN the flag?

[SIDENET]

Isn’t dissent the “highest form of patriotism”?

In your face, libs.

[tobyhill]

If most people don't have an idea what it means then maybe they should get a lesson on flags.

[Dallas]

But, O'Toole said there is a reason behind the act.

"The black flag is because our country is dying," he said. "It's never been more divided than it is right now. The upside down American flag is because the country is in distress."

Believe me, Texans are traumatized by the national as well as some of the local elections.

Between the influx of yankees, and Katrina victims (that won't go home) we had some Demo upsets.

We're pi**ed off

[SMARTY]

He sounds just like every single Liberal I ever heard.

I was talking to a guy in the parking lot on the way in today. He was outright shocked that I didn’t support Mr. Hope and Change. I said ‘I can’t wait for Obummer to pay my f’’n mortgage for me’.

He said ‘don’t count on it’ and laughed. I said, ‘Right, I forgot that I’m on the wrong end of THAT shakedown... I am taxed at 30% NOW!’ They never know how to respond to that - cold hard logic totally escapes them.

[Ditter]

I don’t have a flag or a flagpole, as a sign of disrespect I am going to call him president BO.

[tobyhill]

On the video he does say that he will no longer fly the flag at all.

[Dallas]

The lady said in the article that she did NOT vote for Obama.

[Eye of Unk]

[KosmicKitty]

"I just don't think it's American," said Garner. "I just don't think it's neighborly. We have children that live in our neighborhood and I'm sure their parents have to explain to them why that flag is hanging like that."

But I bet she thinks explaining homosexual marriage to a 5 year old is no problem!

[Be_Politically_Erect]

It is a sign of severe distress and a request for immediate physical help.

I understand why this guy is protesting, but IMHO he should have tied a black ribbon to the halyard.

[thecabal]

This seems to be the meme coming from the left. They are demanding respect after 8 years of acting like spoiled babies throwing temper tantrums. Take a look at this steaming pile:

http://www.zefrank.com/from52to48withlove/

Now they want instant healing? Ha, fat chance!

[DooDahhhh]

I want nothing to do with these people.

[Roccus]

My flag came down after the ‘habeus corpus’ decision. It flew at half staff on Sept. 11th and will fly tomorrow and on Memorial Day. My allegiance is ONLY to those who ‘paid the price’ with blood or time.

[Trailerpark Badass]

The flag is something Garner holds close to her heart. In fact, the American flag is painted on Garner's birdhouse and bench.

What a patriot.

[tobyhill]

But if she's a Republicans then she's just another RINO in the herd. She said she wants “unity” like 9/11. There was no unity after 9/11, it was just the Rats taking a 2 day break from bashing Bush.

[tbpiper]

That picture still makes my blood boil.

[Pistolshot]

Democrats don't show respect, they just demand respect

Perfect tagline material, thanks.

[sport]

Nor do I.

[weegee]

President-elect Obama's political sponsor:

Screw Stalinists and the useful idiots who vote for them.

[CanadianMusherinMI]

well she earns one point.
i know more than a few dems that did not vote this election. did not like obama, but would rather poke their own eyes out than pull the lever for any R.
unfortunately they teach very little about the flag in school. i bet if you asked a entire class of 12th grade students the percent that know what it means would be minimal. maybe it is time for them to learn....

[truthkeeper]

Yeah, well read what the OTHER people said...comments...at the end of the article. (Like I said in my post!)

[Malacoda]

I refuse to use the word "President" conjunction with that man's name. Period. I view it as besmirching the office.

It's already driving my lib moonbat mother-in-law nuts.

[rollo tomasi]

“We have children that live in our neighborhood and I’m sure their parents have to explain to them why that flag is hanging like that.”

Hanging the American flag upside down is a sign for distress. If life and property are in peril then it is Ok to hang the flad upside down. To me it is too soon but one person who I know who has been doing it for years and does so because millions had their life snuffed out due to abortion.

[weegee]

I find it “interesting” that the Left keeps comparing this to 9-11 rather than the day that the civil rights bill was passed.

This is just more of the Clinton’s “sit down and shut up”.

Too many uppity Republicans.

[CanadianMusherinMI]

yup, screw the whole lot of them.
that picture says more than words can ever say about obama and his pals.
the one where ayers is actually dancing on the flag...well i cant say how it makes me feel without getting banned!

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

How about at half staff? I know - not proper either, but would that be more acceptable?

[I still care]

Whenever a moonbat tells you we should “pull together”, just tell them, for the past 8 years every leftist undermined a good man and the war effort every chance they had, and when challenged that they were truly damaging the country, they said, “Dissent is Patriotic”.

Dissent is Patriotic. Tell them Obama is going to get what the left dished out to Bush for 8 years, and it’s their turn to whine.

[MrB]

Libs are IMMUNE to logic.

Try it sometime - it’s easy to logic trap them, like on abortion or redistribution policy.

But, when you get down to closing the trap, they simply shrug their shoulders or hold up their hand, refusing to hear or respond.

[mollynme]

Flag flying ping.
I'm thinking about getting one of those "dissent is the highest form of patriotism" bumper stickers I saw in Boulder this week & putting it next to my "keep the 'change'" one to make sure they don't misunderstand.

[OldMissileer]

"The election is over," she said. "It's happened and we need to come together like we did in 9/11 and support each other and deal with it."

Leftists love to use this line once they have power because they know we have jobs and real lives to live.

One of my vendors, a real leftist was running her mouth how Obamamama might not run for a second term because he may not be able to clean up the economic mess the Republicans made.

I then went through what all the Dims did and told her the true account how the economy melted and named all the names of all the congressmen and Dims who actually did the dirty deed.

Confronted with this fact she then said I should not be accusing anyone and that instead we should just come together and stop arguing. Which is the way all leftists work.

Too bad that when the crisis could have been avoided the Dims, like Barney Frank, who was in the tank and taking money from the agencies involved, stopped any reform.

Why were the leftists not practicing what they were preaching?

[Scotswife]

“We have children that live in our neighborhood “

And yet you just elected a president who supports abortion without limits and even supports infanticide.

That’s what the black flag is about you moron.

[panaxanax]

>>”Flying the flag upside down is wrong regardless of the circumstances. That person should be ashamed.”<<

You, DemonDeac, should be ashamed for not knowing more about our flag.

http://www.jeffhead.com/liberty/flagdistress.htm
Thanks, Jeff.